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Granted Patent B2
US 12,542,857 · App. 18/177,131 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Binding processing device, image forming system, binding processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording program

Inventors: Masashi Matsumoto (Kanagawa, JP); Nobuhide Inaba (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Ogino (Kanagawa, JP); Mitsuhiro Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Taichi Fuchu (Kanagawa, JP); Takumi Uegane (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/00639B65H37/04H04N1/00082H04N1/032B65H2301/43822B65H2402/50B65H2406/40B65H2551/20
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Patent No.
US 12,542,857
App. No.
18/177,131
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A binding processing device includes: a binding processing element that advances a binding tooth to a sheet to perform binding processing of the sheet; and a processor that performs control of drying a bound part of the sheet after the binding processing of the sheet by the binding processing element is performed.

Claims (41)

1 . A binding processing device comprising:

a binding processing element that advances a binding tooth to a sheet to perform binding processing of the sheet; and

a processor that performs control of drying a bound part of the sheet such that moisture contained in the bound part falls within a specific range after the binding processing of the sheet by the binding processing element is performed.

2 . The binding processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a moisture supply element that supplies moisture to the bound part before the binding processing by the binding processing element is performed,

wherein

the processor performs control of the drying the bound part by heating the bound part after the binding processing of the sheet by the binding processing element is performed.

3 . The binding processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a moisture supply element that supplies moisture to the bound part before the binding processing by the binding processing element is performed,

wherein

the processor performs the control of drying the bound part so as to reduce moisture contained in the bound part to which the moisture is supplied.

4 . The binding processing device according to claim 3 , wherein

the moisture supply element supplies moisture such that the moisture contained in the bound part exceeds a predetermined threshold, and

the processor performs the control of drying the bound part so as to make the moisture contained in the bound part be less than the predetermined threshold.

5 . The binding processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

before the binding processing of the sheet by the binding processing element is performed, the sheet is heated, and

wherein

the processor causes an increase in a temperature of the heating performed before the binding processing of the sheet by the binding processing element is performed so as to dry the bound part.

6 . The binding processing device according to claim 5 , wherein

the processor causes a temperature of heating of a sheet performed by a fixing device to be increased so as to dry the bound part, the fixing device heating a sheet to fix an image of the sheet on the sheet before the binding processing of the sheet by the binding processing element is performed.

7 . The binding processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a heating source that heats the binding tooth,

wherein

the processor performs control of the drying the bound part by causing the binding tooth to be heated by the heating source such that the bound part is dried by heat from the binding tooth after the binding processing element has performed the binding processing.

8 . The binding processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor performs control of preventing a user from touching a sheet until a predetermined time elapses after the binding processing of the sheet by the binding processing element is performed, so as to enable the bound portion to be naturally dried.

9 . The binding processing device according to claim 8 , wherein

the processor performs notification processing to the user so as to prevent the user from touching the sheet until the predetermined time elapses.

10 . The binding processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor performs control of the drying the bound part by causing the bound part to be heated after the binding processing of the sheet by the binding processing element is performed.

11 . The binding processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor performs control of the drying the bound part by causing warm air to be applied to the bound part or causing an object to be heated that has been heated by a heat source to come into contact with the bound part.

12 . The binding processing device according to claim 11 , wherein

after the binding processing of the sheet by the binding processing element is performed, the processor causes warm air to be applied to the bound part or causes the object to be heated that has been heated by the heat source to come into contact with the bound part.

13 . An image forming system comprising:

an image forming device that forms an image on a sheet; and

a binding processing device that binds a sheet on which an image is formed by the image forming device,

wherein

the binding processing device includes the binding processing device according to claim 1 .

14 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to realize a function, the computer controlling a binding processing device including a binding processing element that advances a binding tooth to a sheet to perform binding processing of the sheet, wherein

the function is to perform control of drying a bound part to be dried such that moisture contained in the bound part falls within a specific range after the binding processing of the sheet by the binding processing element is performed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2023
From: MATSUMOTO, MASASHI; INABA, NOBUHIDE; OGINO, TAKASHI; NAKAMURA, MITSUHIRO; FUCHU, TAICHI; UEGANE, TAKUMI
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-052872 · Mar 29, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230319202A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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